# Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957, Section 19: Interpretation of Part II.


(1) In this Part of, and in the Second Schedule to, this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
“functions” includes powers and duties;
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“overspill agreement” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section nine of this Act;
“sewerage service” includes sewage disposal service;
“town development scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section ten of this Act.
(2) In this Part of, and in the Second Schedule to, this Act—
(a) any reference to water supply includes a reference to the supply of water in bulk under section nineteen of the Water (Scotland) Act, 1946;
(b) any reference to the district of a development corporation shall be construed as a reference to the area designated under the New Towns Act, 1946, as the site of the new town for the purposes of which the development corporation has been established.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/38/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-town-development-scotland-act-1957/section-19
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